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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The doctor put all the info on the form. The med, the dose, the diagnosis. So now I bring in a cardboard box. But there is still no way to really prove the item in the box actually came in said box. [/quote]

I am in a healthcare setting and without this information it’s too dangerous.  You want to rely on a school nurse, who is probably overseeing medications for dozens if not more kids, to just *know* the loose inhaler that came to her is for your kid and is the exact same one the doc prescribed AND matches the medication auth form you signed?   You are awfully trusting or self absorbed.  This is part of a triple check process, for safety.  Not just your kids safety but everyone else’s kids too.  [/quote]

No, sorry I wasn't clear.  They want to see the box in order to approve my child carrying her own inhaler in her purse.  Otherwise it's an unapproved med on school property.  Because my kid took her completed form to the clinic, they confiscated her inhaler.[/quote]

now this sounds weird.  sorry OP [/quote]

It sounds weird because we're talking about an inhaler. It sounds weird when we're talking about insulin. It doesn't sound weird when we're talking about something like the adderall example posted earlier. Schools can't have different policies for different types of medications, though, they need one policy for all of them so sometimes people have to comply with rules that seem unnecessary for their particular situation but are necessary when you're talking about a school full of kids with varying medical needs.[/quote]

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